Attention Whore Says What?

By Karoli Kuns — December 20, 2023

Vivek Ramaswamy has the perfect solution to Trump's exclusion from the Colorado ballot. He thinks all the Republican candidates should remove themselves in solidarity, a la McCain calling for suspended campaigns after Bush and the banks tanked the economy in 2008.

In a video posted on Xitter, Vivek xitted his brilliant idea: "I pledge to withdraw from the Colorado GOP primary ballot until Trump is also allowed to be on the ballot, and I demand that Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, and Nikki Haley do the same immediately - or else they are tacitly endorsing this illegal maneuver which will have disastrous consequences for our country."

Don't you just love the way they paint themselves all as victims who will also conquer the evil judges? The Colorado court found as a question of FACT that Trump hatched an insurrection on January 6th and is therefore ineligible to hold public office again. This isn't about keeping him off the ballot; this is about giving insurrectionists their due.

But Vivek, attention whore that he is, had to make the Grand Gesture for everyone to see and ooooh/ahhhh over. What a sacrifice! How great of him!

Well, the reactions have been a bit of a mixed bag. The Colorado Republican Party did him one better:

You won't have to because we will withdraw from the Primary as a Party and convert to a pure caucus system if this is allowed to stand.

— Colorado Republican Party (@cologop) December 20, 2023

Yeah, that's the ticket. Trump still has the problem of being ineligible for any federal office, having violated his oath of office, but sure, GOP. You do you.

Others were celebratory:

WOOT!

KEEP SELF-IMMOLATING AT EVERY TURN!

— Keith Olbermann⌚️ (@KeithOlbermann) December 20, 2023

And others just pointed out the cold truth. Love the "Andrew Yang of Jill Steins" comment.

You're barely polling in 5th place. You have no political capital. You're the Andrew Yang of Jill Steins. When you drop out before Super Tuesday, it won't even be in the news cycle for 24 hours.

— Travis Akers (@travisakers) December 20, 2023

Don’t be a chump! I live in CO, and I don’t agree with the decision, but I don’t expect solidarity for a guy who expects loyalty and returns none. I am tired of the victim tour….move on!

— Betty Caveny 👨‍🍳❤️🔥 (@BettyCaveny) December 20, 2023

Vivek Ramaswamy says he’ll remove his own name from the ballot in Colorado unless Trump’s name is returned.

Literally everyone: pic.twitter.com/Sun62egPE5

— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) December 20, 2023

And this really is at the heart of the issue:

Suppose someone claimed Vivek was actually 33 years old and ineligible to be a candidate for President. Suppose we then had a trial where both sides put forward evidence and argued the question and the court found that he was in fact just 33.

Should it still be left to voters?

— Heath Mayo (@HeathMayo) December 20, 2023

I'm going to repeat myself for the people in the back. The Colorado district judge found as a matter of FACT that Trump engaged in an insurrection. The 14th amendment bars any candidate from holding federal office who did such a thing. The Colorado Supreme Court found as a matter of FACT that he is disqualified under the 14th amendment. We either believe in the rule of law or we don't.

As for Vivek, who made all his money bilking people with his pharmaceutical company, I will just leave Dan Crenshaw's comment as the final word.